20th November 2008

Want to learn more about CSS?

Here’s a fabulous deal for you: SitePoint.com – one of my favorite web design resource sites – is offering one of their most popular books as a FREE download if you follow them on Twitter! But hurry, this is a limited time offer!

Sitepoint book The book being offered is “The Art and Science of CSS” – I own this book and refer to it often since it’s packed full of well-written instructions on using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to create stunning design and effects and to solve design problems and challenges. Having it in the PDF format also makes it even more valuable since I can continue to refer to it even when I’m on the road (I tend to work wherever I can find a power outlet and internet connection). 🙂

The book is worth $29.95 so this is a great freebie – to get it all you need to do is follow @sitepointdotcom on Twitter. SitePoint is having what they are calling a “Twitaway” for the next two weeks only, so don’t miss out! And if you don’t Twitter (is there anyone who doesn’t Twitter these days?) they’ve got you covered – you can still get the free download here: SitePoint Twitaway

Happy Web Designing!

Kitten
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26th May 2008

The Best Use for your iPhone or other Cell Phone

AMBER Alert…Sign up to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts on your cell phone! I’m sure many of you must already know about this one, but I just found out about it tonight…..

For anyone who is not yet familiar with the AMBER Alert System, it’s a “quick response” system developed to get the word out when a child has been abducted. Authorities say that the first three hours after a child has been abducted are the most critical hours in which the chances are greatest for a rescue, so spreading the word quickly is vital.

Here in the greater Phoenix area the DOT has put up a number of special signs along the freeways as well as major streets, that flash Amber Alert information as soon as a report is called in. It will generally display information on a make/model/color of a vehicle if witnesses can report that, sometimes even a license plate number, other times just a description of the child and/or the suspected abductor.

But what about when you’re not in your car driving around to see the signs? Or not watching the news stations? How about if you’re at the mall, ballpark, beach, or elsewhere? Getting these alerts on your cellphone could possibly help save a child’s life. Sure, cell phones give us a lot of convenience, but I can’t think of a better use for technology than helping save someone.

Signing up is easy – I just did it…….you just enter your cell phone, accept the terms, enter from 1 up to 5 zip codes (if you travel extensively you may want to enter more than 1, but only your home zip code is needed to enroll for the whole city in which you live). That’s it – they’ll send you a text message to confirm your enrollment.

Technology is a wonderful thing…….even better when it can help reunite abducted kids with their families.

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